In Backlund, a sunny to cloudy afternoon always lacks a bit of the coolness and comfort of autumn, giving people a sense of fatigue surrounded by light mist and water vapor.

But Klein doesn't have the leisure to care about the weather.

He checked his disguise several times in the bathroom mirror, adjusted the position of the fake beard several times, finally nodded with satisfaction, and put on the gold-rimmed flat glasses without prescription.

Although it is very troublesome to do this, every time he goes out in the future, he will have to put on a wig and put on a fake beard as he does now, but in order not to expose the true face of the dead person "Cline Moretti", he has to disguise himself

Spend the extra time necessary.

Looking at the very different appearance of himself in the mirror, Klein was confident that anyone who was not particularly familiar with him would not associate "Sherlock Moriarty" with his real self.

.

With this in mind, he walked out of the bathroom on the first floor and came to the living room. He found that the girl who wanted to tidy up was still sitting on the sofa covered with blankets and down cushions, with a thin blanket covering her body and her head tilted.

On one side, he seemed to be taking a nap while maintaining this posture.

Just as he was about to walk over to wake her up, Klein suddenly remembered her physical condition, which was plagued by frequent sneezing today, and hesitated again. He stood by the living room door and failed to take a step.

His hesitation only lasted for less than five or six seconds before he was interrupted by a tap on his shoulder from behind.

"I've packed up here. If you're done too, we'll set off."

In that completely unfamiliar, magnetic and gentle voice, Klein turned around dully, subconsciously took half a step back, and then raised his gaze slightly to look at the guy who invited him to go out with him.

Dazzling.

This was his first impression of the man in front of him, and he could no longer find any other suitable adjective.

She has short light blond hair, unique green eyes, skin that is so white that she looks sickly and beautiful, a gentle smile at the corner of her mouth, and a small bunch of hair that is longer than her waist on the back of her head and tied close to her clothes.

The collar is tied into a braid, and the formal tuxedo exudes a hand-cut high-end texture...

The most important thing is that the face is almost the same as Alice taking a nap on the sofa!

No, this is the same face! It’s just that the visual tendency it brings is no longer the strong feminine softness, but the delicacy that doesn’t appear abrupt even if you are a man...

"You—" Klein opened his mouth, but for a moment he was completely unable to adapt to the fact that he had to look up to her.

The "Alice" in front of him was at least a few centimeters taller than him, and the altitude jumped to an enviable 1.8 meters.

"Well, are you still a little uncomfortable seeing me in this state all of a sudden?"

She... No, there was an obvious smile in his eyes, and he raised his left hand, motioning Klein to look at the ring on his little finger.

"With the help of a small prop, my appearance has changed compared to before, and my voice has been disguised by a magic potion. As for the actual... If you want to confirm my current gender, why not just touch it and see?"

Klein used the power of the "Joker" potion to barely control his expression:

"...but your height?"

"Well, there's no way around it. I can't stand up to my original height as a man, right? That would make me look down on. And unfortunately, the fashion style of men wearing high heels has never been popular in the Kingdom of Loen.

In desperation, I can only make this clone look like this." As she said that, Alice spread her hands with a look of helplessness.

"I am a magician, shouldn't making a clone be a necessary common sense?"

Klein could taste the pride that was almost overflowing from her expression at this time.

"Then, that you over there..." He pointed with a sullen face in the direction of the sofa behind him, "Is that your true body?"

"You seem to care about my identity...or the gender of my identity? But do you think gender is really that important?" Alice pointedly exposed his original intention that he failed to ask.

"Isn't gender important?" Klein asked her with a dull face.

Don't tell him that "Alice" is actually just a female identity disguised by a man...

If it really happened like this, wouldn't he be gay?!

When Klein thought about this possibility, he felt like he was about to burst.

"It doesn't matter to me whether you are a boy or a girl... Emotions will never be different because of gender."

With a face that transcended gender beauty, the blond man with blue eyes said this.

...That's because your good looks and charming ability can make many people directly cross the gender barrier.

Klein silently cursed in his heart, but he was a little less convinced about the terrible speculation that suddenly appeared in his mind.

After all, Alice's usual expressions and behaviors are all very feminine. To say that she is actually a man...well, probably not.

No way?

"I always feel that you seem to be thinking about some very rude questions..." Alice sighed, no longer entangled in this topic, walked towards the sofa, changed her resting position to a more comfortable position, and

A blanket was pulled up for warmth.

Seeing this, Klein naturally followed him, suppressed those chaotic thoughts, and asked with a hint of curiosity:

"Can't you operate the clone and the main body at the same time?"

"It's not impossible." Alice, who had temporarily become "him", looked back at him, "But unlike those spell casters who are willing to give their clones independent consciousness, I don't like this practice of having multiple selves at the same time, although it is true that

This will be more efficient... So if I want to control the main body and the clone at the same time, I need to multitask, and I will feel tired after a long time."

"Oh," Klein nodded, roughly imagining the corresponding principle.

Isn't it just to open more game accounts and operate on multiple lines?

That's... quite enviable.

"Eve will be responsible for taking care of my dormant body. In terms of safety, I have my own coping strategies." At this point, Alice opened her pocket watch and checked the time, "So can we go out? The taxi I hired has not yet arrived.

I've been waiting at the Minsk street corner since four o'clock."

Klein was about to sigh helplessly and nod, but suddenly remembered a question:

"Wait a minute, how should I call you in front of that 'assistant' later? I can't continue to call you Alice, right?"

"I almost forgot..." She held her chin and thought for a few seconds, "In front of that 'facilitator', I always used the name 'Claire Sibley', so correspondingly, now

I'm Claire's brother, my name is... Eilish?"

What a perfunctory pseudonym.

Wisely, Klein did not point this out, but simply explained to her the basic character of his origin in Jianhai County, so as not to inadvertently get involved.

While talking, the two left the house and walked to the carriage parked at the entrance of Minsk Street.

"Don't worry, the 'facilitator' probably won't care about our background. It's too late to think about the content of self-introduction before him."

"Elish", a handsome man with a clear smile and exquisite three-dimensional facial features, made a gesture of invitation. His demeanor was so elegant that Klein, who was about to enter the carriage, murmured in his heart and seriously doubted everything he had experienced so far.

But thinking about it carefully, he had already experienced sexual transformation several times in the fantasy world, and was teased again and again by Alice taking the opportunity, but now it was just that her appearance was reversed into a male appearance, to this extent

The blow is not painful at all...

superficial……

"I thought you would ask me why I suddenly decided to act as a man." Looking at the swaying scenery outside the car window, Alice said with a slightly raised corner of her lips.

Klein broke free from the quagmire of thoughts and hummed softly to cover up his discomfort:

"Will you tell me if I ask?"

"Yes, because the identity of 'Cléa' may no longer be safe." Alice stated calmly, "Maybe I haven't mentioned it to you. Some time ago, I attended a meeting in the name of 'Cléa'

Went to a local Beyonder gathering in Backlund.”

"I have asked you about this matter before." Klein remembered quite clearly that it was because the trends she revealed matched the information provided by Miss Justice that he finally determined that she was a member of the Tarot Society."

"Justice" acquaintance.

Alice shook her head:

"The point is that in the name of 'Claire', as a 'Witch' path Extraordinary with no organizational background... Well, to put it bluntly, I probably provoked Mr. A, the organizer of the party, and he might be gathering his men.

Searching for my traces."

"Mr. A, isn't that the Aurora Society--" Realizing that he was in a carriage compartment that lacked sound insulation, Klein stopped talking in time and did not say what was behind it.

"You know them? Then I don't need to explain any more." Alice smiled without any nervousness.

Klein didn't even know whether he should be surprised or worried for her:

"How...how did you provoke that Mr. A?" And it also caused a commotion on a scale that even members of the Aurora Society might mobilize...

Did you eat rice from the Aurora Society? Disrupted the order of the Extraordinary Gathering? Stealed Mr. A’s precious materials?

"I didn't do anything, really." Eilish, a handsome man who was so handsome that even the same sex could hold their breath, sighed with an innocent look on his face, "Maybe he took a fancy to my beauty."

...Getting interested in sex? Is the divine envoy of the Aurora Society this kind of person?

Klein tried to find traces of a joke on the delicate and handsome face opposite him, but found that she had a matter-of-fact look on her face, as if this was a fact that couldn't be truer.

"But he probably can't remember my specific appearance. Even if he wants to find someone, he can only tell his men to pay more attention to those women who are particularly beautiful. Therefore, as a male, 'Elish' is very safe."

Alice smiled again and looked out the window.

"It's almost time to get off the car."

The carriage that was moving leisurely stopped slowly in front of a rather stylish restaurant.

When Klein got out of the car, he glanced at the store sign and found that he had seen the same name in the newspaper's advertising column.
To be continued...